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Derivation of geometrical buckling for cartesian geometry

Consider the Helmhotz equation as follow:

 
 2 (r )  B 2 (r )  0 (0)

The above equation is actually about the Eigen value problem.

For cartesian geometry, the Laplacian takes the form:

2 f 2 f 2 f
2 f    (0)
x 2 y 2 z 2

And now substitute eq. (0) to eq. (0):

 2 2 2 
 2  2  2   ( x, y, z )  B  ( x, y, z )  0
2
(0)
 x y z 

Now apply the separation of variable:

 ( x, y, z )  x ( x) y ( y )z ( z ) (0)

And now substitute eq. (0) to eq. (0) and divide by x ( x) y ( y )z ( z ) :

1  2x 1   y 1  2z
2

   B2  0 (0)
x x 2
x y 2
x z 2

By defining B 2  Bx2  By2  Bz2 , we then have three separate equations:

 2x
  Bx2x (0)
x 2

With boundary condition: x ( a / 2)  0 and a  a  2  0.7104  3D

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 2 y
  By2 y (0)
y 2

With boundary condition:  y (b / 2)  0 and b  b  2  0.7104  3D

 2z
  Bz2z (0)
z 2

With boundary condition: z (c / 2)  0 and c  c  2  0.7104  3D

Eq. (0) is a harmonic function, which has general solution as follow:

x ( x)  Px cos( Bx x)  Qx sin( Bx x) (0)

Since x (0)  0 , then we must set Qx  0 , therefore:

x ( x)  Px cos( Bx x)  The Eigen Function (0)

n
x ( a / 2)  0  Bx   The Eigen Value
a (0)
n  1,3,5,...

Eq. (0) and eq. (0) can be solved in the same manner, and the results are as follow:

 y ( y )  Py cos( By y )  The Eigen Function (0)

n
 y ( b / 2)  0  By    The Eigen Value
b (0)
n  1,3,5,...

z ( z )  Pz cos( Bz z )  The Eigen Function (0)

n
z ( c / 2)  0  Bz   The Eigen Value
c (0)
n  1,3,5,...

The geometrical buckling is defined as the fundamental mode of the Eigen function, which

means to take n = 0 for Bx , By , Bz :

2 2 2
     
B 2  Bx2  By2  Bz2          (0)
 a   b   c 

Eq. (0) is the expression of geometrical buckling for cartesian geometry.

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